Users of the Legora legal AI platform can now access tax research from Blue J Legal via an integration the companies launched today.Legora customers with a subscription to Blue J can now query Blue J’s platform from within Legora and receive answers with inline citations linking back to sources in Blue J.The companies say that their shared customers had asked…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has sued California election officials, seeking an order that would prevent the state from counting vote-by-mail ballots cast by voters the federal government identifies as “likely” noncitizens unless and until citizenship is confirmed. The case lands at the intersection of federal election enforcement, voter eligibility rules, and the states’ broad authority to administer elections.

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I was a litigator for many years, much of it spent handling mass torts with high stakes. I know how litigation works. I have seen lawyers turn what ought to be straightforward dispute into a bloody war that exponentially increases time and expense. And that was before AI.I thought about this as I was reading Richard Tromans’ excellent recent…
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A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawsuit seeking to compel the Justice Department to preserve records that might be relevant to a possible future criminal prosecution of him. The ruling is notable less for any merits determination about recordkeeping and more for what it says about Article…
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against REPS & Company, alleging the ticket broker used unlawful and deceptive methods to evade ticket-purchase limits and acquire millions of tickets for high-demand live events. The case, brought as U.S. v. REPS & Company, Inc., puts a spotlight on practices that have long drawn scrutiny in the live-entertainment market: bulk purchasing,…
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Late-week legal developments offered a clear reminder that risk is moving on multiple fronts at once: courts, prosecutors, regulators, and lawmakers are all reshaping the operating environment for companies and counsel. While the headlines span different practice areas, the broader takeaway for legal professionals is practical—clients are facing faster-moving exposure, and response strategies need to account for parallel civil, criminal,…
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There’s two ways of looking at a glass: it’s either half full or half empty. I thought about this when I read Everlaw’s 2026 Legal AI Adoption and Impact Report. Everlaw mostly says the AI legal glass is half full but the curmudgeon in me can’t resist a half empty view as well. Or telling a joke about three frogs…
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The U.S. Supreme Court is stepping into one of the most closely watched First Amendment disputes of the term: whether government efforts to pressure or coordinate with social media platforms to curb election-related misinformation crossed the constitutional line into unlawful censorship. The case arrives after years of litigation over contacts between federal officials and major platforms during the 2020 election…
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Having written recenlty on the difficulty of determining the ROI on the use of AI for substative legal work, I was interested in the recent partnership announcement by Legora and Laurel that includes a commitment to eventually give law firms that ability. There’s is lots of value in knowing that ROI but , once firms know it, the issue is…
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The Tenth Circuit’s October 9, 2026 opinion in No. 26-5071 is a useful reminder that appellate outcomes often turn as much on procedure as on merits. Although the publicly available docket caption here is spare, the court’s opinion appears to center on a recurring issue in federal practice: whether the order under review was properly appealable and, if so, how…
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The Justice Department has sued California election officials in a closely watched pre-election dispute over voter-roll maintenance and mail-ballot counting. According to the government, certain voters on California’s rolls are “likely” noncitizens, and the state should not count their mail ballots unless citizenship status is confirmed. The suit targets California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Los Angeles County Registrar…
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Chariot Claims, a legal tech company that matches consumers to mass arbitration and class action cases and pairs them with law firms, has raised $10 million in Series A funding, it announced Thursday.Silverton Partners led the round, with General Partner Mike Dodd taking the lead. Indicator Ventures, Lightbank, Neon Fund, ZVC, Rosecliff Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, FJ Labs, Graph…
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Cambridge, MA – MIT Media Lab – EmTech Future. Energy is the fundamental currency of human civilization. For centuries, access to energy has shaped geopolitical alliances, driven territorial conflicts, and dictated the economic wealth of nations. But what happens when energy becomes so clean, safe, and abundant that it ceases to be a scarce strategic commodity and becomes an accessible…
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has issued a precedential opinion in docket No. 24-1719, signaling that the panel intended to provide guidance with value beyond the immediate dispute. Because a precedential designation means the decision is binding within the circuit absent en banc or Supreme Court review, practitioners should pay close attention to the court’s framing…
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